Sadie celebrates Christmas!
One of our late chinchilla Rylai’s children. She is owned by a friend who sent us this.
NYT: “U.S. Economic Growth Surged in Third Quarter of 2025”
It seems that my skepticism about tariffs was misplaced. The U.S. economy grew at a vigorous pace through the end of September, despite the uncertainty created by tariffs and widespread concerns about affordability among households. Economic growth rose at a 4.3 percent annual rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday, an acceleration … Read more
Former Senator Sasse announces terminal cancer.
Ben Sasse, who I liked … a lot. Very solid, principled man who tangled with Trump. He is 53 and has stage 4 pancreatic cancer Ben Sasse, a Republican former senator from Nebraska and a former president of the University of Florida, announced on Tuesday that he had received a diagnosis of terminal Stage 4 … Read more
Uh oh. Jim Beam shutting down one of it’s distilleries for a year
“Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is grappling with a massive supply and a slump in demand, according to the Lexington Herald Leader.” Not in my house. No slump in demand. Kentucky bourbon giant shifts operations to another facility while investing in Clermont site enhancements The James B. Beam Distilling Co. said in a statement that … Read more
WSJ: New class of “battleship” to be named after you know who.
Hahaha. Trump manages to top this posting from yesterday – “7 Other Things Trump Is Naming After Himself “ The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be latest in what the White House envisions as a ‘Golden Fleet’ “We’re desperately in need of ships,” Trump said. “Some of them have gotten old and … Read more
CBS: WH economic Advisor Hassett – 2K tariff checks “depend on Congress”
Kevin Hassett (who I like) interviewed on CBS. Trump bamboozles the Democrats again – like with no taxes on tips who is going to vote against a reimbursement or rebate to non- high income earners with money from the tariffs? And according to Hassett (see below) the budget deficit is dropping. Director of the National … Read more